Tax Day Detox

Wallet feeling a little light thanks to Tax Day? This week we’re sharing five nights’ worth of family-friendly dinners you can make for less than $100

Photograph by Sarah Flotard

Surely you remember the amazing shopping list we shared on Friday, the one that will allow you to make delicious new dinners for four each night this week for less than $100 in groceries. We feel sure you had time to pick up those ingredients at the market. (Not like you had massive Easter egg hunts to conduct yesterday, right?) So let’s get on with the first dinner recipe.

With this cauliflower pasta, I wanted to develop a lot of flavor with a meatless dish. I was inspired by the way Sicilians cook cauliflower, browning it until it becomes meaty and musky. They would often pair it with saffron, which is of course, an expensive spice, so I pitched that off the ingredient list, adding a little hard-cooked egg for some of that golden color and a little richness. I also ditched golden raisins, a common Sicilian ingredient, since it added a few dollars to the dish without really standing out. But I did splurge a little on a bit of sheep’s milk pecorino Romano (easier to find than pecorino Siciliano)–a great dollar-for-flavor investment to sharpen up the flavor of the pasta. Because of the cheese (and oddly enough the high price of cauliflower), this meal was a little pricier than some others, about $23 once you add in some salad. -Sara Dickerman